Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-04
BOYCOTTING IN INDIA.
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM TAe PRACTICE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
very Curious Examples Of the Practice. Whole FAnIlIes BoycOtted for Ts--s and Years-what Gold VIII Accom- plish-Outcast Women.

and Nears-What Gold VIII Accom-
 plish-Outesst Women
 Boycotting, differing in some particulars from the way in which 1t is done in the land where the English term originated, has been practical for ages in India. Thers is this great difference between Irish and Hindoo boycotting: the former is bas~d mainly on political, semi political. or fScAl reasons; whereas the latter Is practicel 0a purely social or religious grounds. Then the Irish is severer than the Hindoo method in this sense, that no tradeSman will ssl anything to the bOycOtted man, who is more or less like a prisoner in his own house, whereas e boycotted HindoO can buy any thing anywhere or go to any places he Ekes, only people will not go to his hOuse 0r aSs'- ciate with him or his family in any way
 On the other hand, the - Sndoo k ssverer than the Irish boycOtting in that the latter may be only temporary, and rises at the caprice of the boyeoJters; whereas the for msr b often permanent. or can be t0ns away with only by going through certain expiatOry rites or costly ceremonies, which come hard even On the richer classes. ! man may be boycOtted in Ireland for no fault of his own; but in India boycOctiag follows upon a breach of observance of sofls time honOrsd custom, or by any public offense against traditional notions Of pro priety. Indian boycottiRg is allied Co out casting, but is quite distinct from it and not half % severe A man can los. his caste only by breaking one of it's well defined rules, which are quite different from Ters customs for ohservancss An Outcase man is necessarily boyeOttsl; but a boy cotted man keeps his caste all right as lons As he does not act against it's rules Again, . man may be OutcaSt. but not his fam ly for that reason; yet hts relations VII be boycotted if they associate with eiIn-
 soHK CURIOUS EXAMPLES
 Let me now cite some examples. Some years ago learned Pundit gave his taugh- ter in marriage when she was a few yeaEs older than the prescribed marriaSeabls sss among the HindOos, and the offense was rendered doubly heinOus by the perpstratoT being a Brahmin of high order He was strictly boycotted accordingly, and, be- heve notwithstanding his great reputation as Q scholar and a benevolent person. and m spite of his endeavors tO prOpitiate The Brah- mins in many ways, he is still avoided oy orthodox HindOOs. A whole family has been bOycOtted for receiving and asso,.izting with one of it's members who returned from England and had lost bis caste through eat ing with Englishmen- One gentleman has been boycOtted forever for gcttIng bls widowed daughter married
 If anybOdy's son or daughter In law associates with non Hindoos publicly The offending individual is outcasts-i and the whole family is boycottsd Y e ~on doos not mourn for his deceaSed father ia tho prescribed manner hs k b0ycOttei In some parts of India men are boycOtted fOs wear inR tfoussrs of European fashiOn-Or. m dsed any dress that was not worn by their ancestors of a thousand years sgo. well known historical example 0f HindOo boycut ting Is that of the JsyPore royal family, which was bOycotted for hCnircds of ycars by the other Rajpoot royal families for eelns the hrst Hindoo family of princsly rank ho offered a daughter in marTiagc o a mcs1i emperor. In Rajputana whole tribes are often boycotted fl somebody d1ss not prOles ly obssrvs the traditional customs or forms . connection with lower caste 0r Nith non- Hindoos-
 WHAT COLD WILL DO
 But nO~adays boycOtting san b- rais-d in India by a judici1us use of the almighty gold l may mention A well known caSs. A distinguished Hindoo gentleman al-1 merchant of 6 large Indian town vas bOyeotted for reforming prop uslties- He old orthodox mother. whr hved an th- country, on the occasion of a rcllsluu- festival directed the ssrvants As usual to distribute offerinys of rice, frtiltz and sweetmeats among the Brahmlus of th- neighbOrhood To a man they reft-s@d to accept the Sams on the ground that her soo was deserting his caste. The old lady vses deeply cbasrinei and began Co b- usortally afraid of the destination of her soul afi-r death. On hearing this her son went down tO his country house and orderSd ths Srrv- ants to take the offerings asain Co the Bsah mins, this time placing five rupsss oE -ach of the plates The eXpStient answered. Sou- derfully well The very BrahmIns whn few hours before had turned away the Ssrv ants ignominiously now came running t0 che merchant house and literally scrambled for the presents. This story s.ems Co justify ths saving of another rIch HIndoo that ca ;s was in his iron chest. "
 Boycotting and outcaSting are male double oppressive to HimIoo women. and for the most triiling reasons A marFiet woman not putting the Sindoor a rsd poWyieri ot the parting of her hair is hoycutted In tho country if a mother in law sats or lives in the house of her Son-in-law before her daughter has a child she vii be st ouce boy. cottsd. \ young marrisi lady ~A- boy eotted for not observing Sons ceremony at the birth Of her chiid- A man can regA-a his caste by performing the sxpiat0ry rIts-, but an outcast woman, esIeciaIly n Shs has broken away from the zsnana 0r asz1- ciated with non-H HindOos k never taken hars to her caste.-Hindoo in N. James Gazet;.'.